AJR73,1,32 Whereas, Francisco Rodriguez was born in 1944 in Crystal City, Texas, and
3joined his parents in the 1950's as a seasonal migrant to Wisconsin; and

AJR73,1,64 Whereas, Francisco Rodriguez was active in both the farm worker's movement
5Obreros Unidos (United Workers) in the late 1960's in Wisconsin and in the Chicano
6political movement in south central Texas; and

AJR73,1,97 Whereas, Francisco Rodriguez was co-manager of Obreros Unidos' gasoline
8cooperative in 1968 in Wautoma, Wisconsin, as well as the first Chicano city manager
9of Crystal City under La Raza Unida political party in 1973; and

AJR73,1,1510 Whereas, Francisco Rodriguez attended both the University of
11Wisconsin-Stout and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and, in 1974, was
12employed to head up the Chicano recruitment efforts at the University of
13Wisconsin-Madison and later went on to work for United Migrant Opportunity
14Services, Inc. (UMOS), and Jobs for Progress National, Inc. (SER), in Milwaukee,
15Wisconsin; and

AJR73,2,3

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1Whereas, Francisco Rodriguez was the first Latino to hold the position of
2advisor on Latino affairs in the governor's office under former Governor Tony Earl;
3now, therefore, be it